The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-07
MRS. MERIT WOULDN'T FLIRT,
AND MIR. MERRY CHASED TINE MAN
AROUND SEVERAL BLOCKa
He lndisersetly wixRles his Fingers, and
Mr. Merts usnsvvs theiChsse-,rhs Crowd
meIn the Husband-eavedb BIZ . Pelieeman.

ne lAdisersstIy whales hts FINGERS, suA
Mr. Msrss usnsvvs theiChase-.rhs Crowd
HEELS the Husband-savedb y y Relioenaaa.
About the gaudiest saloon In all williams
burgh is at t8 broadway Louis @. Mertz, q
young man OF handsome figure and delicate
complexion. keeps II, and he and his very at
tractive vito live on the floors above. The
building 10 three-story brow-stone structure.
and lite front is marked by many ornamental
carvings and some attempts at Gothic art. Tho
interior 10 finished In polished cherry The So
loon Ia usually full OF sporting men.
Mr.. Mertz was leaning placidly on his beau
tiful bar Wednesday afternoon, when his wife,
dressed very fashionably and becomingly.
bounced from the street into the hallway next
tho saloon. and then into tho saloon. Catching
her husband by the arm, she pointed toward
the street. and exclaimed:
Hurry up, Louis, he's out there. The fell
low who has been insulting me-"
Then she pulled her husband to the door and
pointed to middle-aged man who was fault
lessly dressed
That's the fellow" urged Mrs. Mertz, nudg-
Ing Mr.. Mertz as II to reassure him. The fell
low was standing on the corner OF Kent ave-
nue. and Broadway. about two rods from Mr..
and Mrs. Mertz. Mr.. Mertz tarried only long
was about two sizes larger than he, and then
started to walk toward him.
only expected" explained Mr.. Mertz yes
terday. to 60 up and ask him what the blazes
ho meant, and then \ he said anything to
.. But Nr; M NJ, had proceeded only few
aeyn ksnt venue Mr. Hsrts VIII III. hs f iishs
Ing With tool after him The spectacle
South Eshth s eesSto h tuned
that street. running like a deer. Mr. Mertz
ana, slowing up, was 50 tndisereet as to place CO
4 IN H. ~ Is ssSs Elm
sshying ssones and bricks at the etraaeer: Hs
lis Hee the avenue sia 70
Broadway and up Broadway the chase con-
tinped. the man dragging his silk hat tight, on
Ne9r Berry street policeman came In sight,
and the the nov tthhoropEhly scared man coiIided
81 u 1 nss'.l 81 asked Ts the officer
" Rene s s9iys'hins''
T Se sS d fSnPP Ss1s for %s 70 answer thu.
ri: Mertz came ap. ana shaking his DIST in the
man sss1 a asstn ny h VITA hadn't and Mr.
Mertz reiterated that he had. The policeman
tighte9ed bis grip on the alleged culprit and
invited all hands to the station house, but Mr..
Mertz refused to go. He said he did not want
t. %sfs I'LL psn ba n td dsssd III ba
should consider himself satisfied II the police
man would only allow him chance to have O
single round with the man. -
The man said his name was John w. Barton
and that he Yas the proprietor OF hotel at
plumbing shop on Broadway 70 do some BUST
Bedford avenue. Then he walked down Broad
way. and the crowd began chasing him. The
policeman ssw NJ way but 70 lct the man 60,
nnd hs vent With great agility and jumped
An i6is sins pretty MrM Nsrtz was pransins
about In her Handsome apartments In great
s11ss Es sHS SS3ndspf Louis asd
noticed the weil.dresssd villain Standing at q
counter near BY and staring at her. She rec.
Ognised him as the same man who had followed
her twice before and had tried desperately to
engage her attention. She at once left tho
ftore and started ID for home; and the man fol,
hnd Broadway he caught her eye and flour
IN sSs bounced . into the saloon and told her her
that he had not had the fellow arrested but he
him.. The fellow didn't come from Rockaway
at all, he said. but was Williamsburglfer who
had been up to similar pranks before.
~ se s.RE t. have haP mary sesIe
the fool out OF town.